The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 24, 1997
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
8:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 920
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.39° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.05° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.